The federal official who oversees production work at two nuclear weapons plants and the guard who was fired after the unprecedented security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex in July could both testify this week during the trial of three anti-nuclear weapons activists accused of vandalizing a uranium storage building.
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The guard, Kirk Garland, was the first security officer to reach the three anti-nuclear weapons activists, who cut through three fences in a high-security Protected Area at Y-12 before dawn on July 28 and splashed human blood and spray-painted slogans on the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, where most of the nation’s bomb-grade uranium is stored. Garland was fired Aug. 10, a few weeks after the intrusion.
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The charges against the three activists – Greg Boertje-Obed, Megan Rice, and Michael Walli – have changed a few times, but the defendants now face two charges, one accusing them of property depredation and the other alleging they willfully injured the national defense. They face potential sentences of up to 30 years in prison.
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